When no one on the mirage could see, hear or feel anything, a stream of fire from the sky cut through the fog and went straight towards the roaring mirage.

It probably also felt threatened. The clam shell, which was covered in an unknown liquid that was probably its blood, kept opening and closing, spitting out thick mist one after another.

This newly sprayed mist is thicker than the fog that previously filled the sea. There is almost no white left, only black and gray.

These thick fogs quickly spread and expanded, and in the blink of an eye, they enveloped the heavenly flowing fire that Gu Xun transformed into.

But this did not stop Gu Xun's offensive, and it did not even slow down his speed at all. It only ignited an even brighter fire.

Seeing that he was about to suffer a serious blow, the mirage stopped fuming pointlessly and began to 'inhale' instead.

All the white mist was quickly swallowed back into its 'belly' by the mirage under the terrifying suction coming from the clam shell. Even Gu Xun was affected by the suction and went straight towards the mouth of the clam where it inhaled.

In just the blink of an eye, the fog that covered an unknown extent on the sea was sucked away.

Immediately afterwards, the flowing fire transformed by Gu Xun fell from the sky and smashed into the mirage's 'mouth'.

After a burst of hissing sounds caused by the collision of water and fire, the mirage's clam mouth, which was constantly opening and closing, stopped moving and squeezed together feebly. Finally, the entire body slowly sank toward the bottom of the sea, leaving only a few shells.

Debris is floating on the sea.

Gu Xunhao rushed out of the sea with a roar, glanced at the sea surface, and after confirming that there was nothing worthy of attention, he turned into flowing fire and returned to the mirage.

At the same time, as the mirage was completely dead, the remaining fog on the sea quickly dissipated in just a cup of tea.

When the fog dissipates, the people trapped in the illusion on the mirage also wake up... Of course, many people may prefer to drown in the illusion.

After waking up, Star Soul glanced back and forth, frowned and said gloomily, "The fog has dissipated... is the monster dead?"

Luna's face was also not very good, probably because she couldn't accept that she had suffered a big loss in the field of illusion.

She replied in a cold tone, "Probably... It should have been severely injured by the Poyun Crossbow, but I couldn't kill it on the spot, and then it died of serious injuries."

Star Soul kept scanning the sea surface and asked doubtfully, "But... where is the body? That thing must be quite big, right?"

"Perhaps it sank into the sea." Luna replied calmly, "Drive the ship closer and you will know after a search."

After Xinghun glanced at her, he turned around and went to the main control room without saying anything.

Luna walked to the edge of the deck and looked at the sea that had returned to calm, with some doubts rising in her heart.

Theoretically speaking, her and Xinghun's guess should be fine and reasonable.

But when she thought that the mirage was a legendary 'monster' that they had never seen before, had never been in contact with, and had no understanding of, she felt that it was a little too smooth.

Could it be that the majestic monster's near-death counterattack just pulled them all into the illusion?

This illusion didn't even control them to kill each other, it just allowed them to go crazy.

Although the effect of social death has been achieved to a certain extent, the lethality is still too low.

The mirage can only do this? Or does it have no time to control the development of the illusion to the next stage?

If it's the former... it's somewhat inconsistent with the fog's ability to instantly pull everyone into the illusion.

Luna is not very accepting.

If it's the latter... it means that this monster seems to have no brains. It doesn't even know how badly it was injured, and it killed itself in the middle of the counterattack.

It's still hard for Luna to accept it.

As a 'demon', its abilities and intelligence shouldn't be so slim, right?

Of course, it's also possible that the moon god looked down upon it.

After all, they don't have any intuitive understanding of the strange beasts hidden in the fog.

The so-called identity of 'Mirage' was just something they found the right person to be assigned according to myths and legends.

No one can tell whether it's right or not.

Maybe... it is just a sea beast with special abilities. It has nothing to do with monsters. It has no intelligence beyond beasts. It has no other special abilities except the ability to swallow mist with hallucinogenic effects.

In Luna's random thoughts, the mirage finally started moving again, slowly heading towards the location where the mirage was originally locked.

In order to avoid missing important clues, the mirage traveled slowly throughout the journey. The journey of just a few miles took more than a quarter of an hour.

The subsequent search and salvage process took nearly two hours, and the sun almost completely disappeared from the sea level.

The good news is that not only did they spend a lot of time, but they also didn't gain much.

To be more precise, some fragments of the mirage's shell were salvaged.

Looking at the large and small pieces of debris spread on the deck, Xinghun folded his arms and looked unhappy, "After a long time of trouble, this is all?"

The person responsible for the salvage work on the side trembled and hurriedly defended himself:

"Lord Xinghun, I have searched the sea in the nearby area and found these. There are absolutely no omissions!"

Mirage does not have deep-sea salvage equipment.

It's not that the Gongshu family can't do it, it's that no one thought of it at all.

Yun Zhongjun went to sea to find fairy mountains, not to salvage sunken ships. Of course, no one would specially prepare equipment for underwater salvage.

Without specialized equipment, those responsible for searching and salvaging would definitely not be able to find the mirage carcasses that had long since sunk to the bottom.

They can't even see a shadow!

"Then is this ghost dead or not?" Xinghun sneered and asked the person who reported it.

The other party broke out in a cold sweat, but did not dare to reply a word.

He couldn't guarantee this.

Yun Zhongjun on the side picked up a piece the size of a palm, tested its hardness, and found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make the thing deform in any way visible to the naked eye, so he threw it back to the ground, and then said:

"It seems that these are the carapace on the 'mirage'...or are they scales?"

With Yun Zhongjun interrupting, Xinghun didn't bother to embarrass the salvage person anymore. He waved his hand and told him to get out, and then replied after Yun Zhongjun's words:

"It can't be scales, it's just a whole shell."

"Some of these fragments can still be put together."

Although the pieces are not perfectly pieced together, judging from the broken edges, they are correct.

Yun Zhongjun looked at the large pieces of debris on the ground. The small ones were only the size of a palm, the large ones were the size of a human face, and the largest one was even nearly a foot long.

Based on these fragments, Yun Zhongjun judged that the mirage must be at least ten feet long:

"It seems like this guy is quite big."

"No matter how big it is, this is all that's left now." Xinghun lowered his eyes and replied flatly, obviously dissatisfied with the result.

But he had no choice but to be dissatisfied. The mirage's body had obviously either sunk into the sea or escaped - the probability of the latter was relatively low, and it would not fall into their hands anyway.

Moon God didn't seem to care about this at all. Seeing that Xinghun looked like he was about to have a manic episode, he didn't know whether he was trying to persuade him or just replied angrily:

"The monster thing has nothing to do with us, why should Sir Xinghun care?"

Xinghun looked at the Moon God and twitched the corner of his mouth with a smile, "Lord Moon God is loyal and always keeps our goals in mind. Mr. Yun Zhong, you must learn from this!"

Although Yun Zhongjun had decided to distance himself from Moon God, he did not dare to accompany Xinghun to confront her head-on. Hearing this, he could only smile awkwardly and say nothing.

Moon God didn't bother to pay attention to Star Soul, and turned away directly, leaving only one sentence:

"Keep sailing!"

Xinghun stared at Moon God's back with a gloomy expression, feeling more and more certain about one of his guesses.

There must be something wrong with the mirage!

He didn't know exactly what was wrong, but he was sure that there must be some situation on the ship that should not exist and that was extremely unfavorable to him.

Because Luna's attitude towards him was very strange.

In the past, the two of them were tit for tat, with Star Soul being more aggressive and Moon God being more defensive.

Luna knows more than Star Soul, so Star Soul must take the initiative to try to get the information he needs from Luna, or simply kill the person outright.

In turn, the Moon God needs to guard against the Star Soul, and at the same time wants to kill the person once and for all.

It's different now. Star Soul's aggressiveness continues unabated, and even becomes more urgent as the mirage sets sail.

But Luna began to ignore him directly.

He neither makes moves nor accepts moves. He shrinks back every day and is indifferent to everything except necessary work.

She suddenly seemed to no longer care about the outcome of Mirage's voyage to the sea, and she was not worried about Xinghun taking the opportunity to steal the results of Mirage's voyage to the sea.

No matter how aggressive Star Soul is, he can't just break into the Moon God's chamber and fight her to the death. He can only stare and do nothing.

This is obviously abnormal.

Xinghun doesn't believe that Moon God really doesn't care about the outcome of Mirage going out to sea, so there is only one possibility - she is sure that she can seize the final fruits of victory!

This sudden change in mentality must have originated from some major change in reality - what Xinghun wanted to figure out now was exactly what happened.

What's even worse is, why didn't he notice anything was wrong at all?

How did the moon god hide it from himself?

Many questions arose in Xinghun's mind, but these questions were quickly dispersed.
To be continued...